Scale engraving and numbering apparatus



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I9 EARLE A. YOUNG INVENTORS W-m ATTORNEYS Feb. 7, E950 c. w. CLUTZ ETAL SCALE ENGRAVING AND NUMBERING APPARATUS Filed May 5, 1945 4 Sheets-Sheet Z .s m L www W L o m M m I f .YWO/Jw y WAI ,A j A@ EM m J r mf l C g m ,Dn ,rwlwldl u U d .j mf B. u u fm m u u G. u .u Z H M, u u Q m 1 m i wijf@ Patented Feb. 7, 1950 SCALE ENGRAVING AND NUMBERING APPARATUS Charles W. Clutz and Earle A. Young, Rochester, N. Y., assgnors to-Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y., a corporation of New Jersey Application May 5, 1945, Serial No. 592,174

(C1. ss-isn The present invention relates to an engraving machine for cutting and numbering the divisions of a scale for a range nder, or like instrument, and particularly to a machine of this type which is automatic in operation and is capable of very precise work.

The engraving of scales used on instruments such as range finders, and the like, is a very delicate and precise operation which has presented quite a problem to the manufacturers of these instruments. The usual procedure for making such scales has involved the use of a pantograph apparatus Wherewith the operator traces over a many-times enlarged master scale and the cutting knife is in turn moved over the scale blank through a proper'reducing linkage. Not only has this procedure been extremely slow and subject to the human element, but it has proved impractical, if not impossible, due to wear and manufacturing tolerances, to insure the cutter being moved over the desired path with the desired reduction of movement in response tothe tracing pointer of the pantograph arrangement.

One object of the present invention is Vto provide a scale engraving machine which is completely automatic in operation. .Y

Another object is to provide a scale engraving machine which is capable of cutting a scale whose graduations are exceedingly close together and of varying and/ or equal distances apart; and a machine that is capable of cutting such a scale so accurately that when the blank is run through the engraving operation the second time that the originally cut lines will not be widened.

And another object is to provide an apparatus of the type set forth which is capable of extreme accuracy although no unusual mechanical accuracy of machined interengaging parts is required.

Still another object is to provide a scale engraving machine in which the scale blanks are intermittently fed longitudinally by a screw driven by an electric motor in accordance with the spacing desired between the scale linesland the cutters are moved transversely of the directionof feed when the blank is stationary.

, And yet another object is to provide an engraving machine in which the master scale is scanned by a scanning system including a lightsensitive cell which in turn forms a part of the motor control circuit to stop the blank feeding motor when a line on the master scale has been advanced into the scanning beam.`

k And another object is to provide a motor circuit which causesthe cutter motor to start auto- 14 Claims.

matically when the feed motor stops in order to cut a line, and byvirtue of which the feed motor is again automatically started when the cutter has completed one cutting cycle even though the previous line on the master scale is still in the scanning beam. After the line on the master scale is once moved from the scanning beam, the control circuit is immediately reset so that the scanning system assumes complete control of the feeding motor. Y f Y Another object is to provide a motor control circuit by virtue of which direct current is instantly applied to the blank feeding motor When it is Vcut off and alternating current is applied to the cutter motor, and vice versa, so that a dynamic Vbrake is applied yto the blank feeding mechanism and cutter feeding mechanism to prevent over-travel thereof from a preselected position. o

A further object is to provide a motor control circuit which prevents the blank feeding motor `from being driven so long as the cutters are in any other than a neutral position.

Another object is to provide a scale engraving apparatus of the type set forth in which the scanning system and the stroke of the cutter is adjustable for cutting scale lines of different lengths.

And still a further object is to provide an apparatus of the type set forth wherein after the scale blank has vbeen fed its full length a limit switch is tripped which paralyzes the motor cir-f cuit and the blank carrying table can be disconnected from the feeding screw and can be manually returned to its starting position. A scale cutting operation cannot be resumed until the manual control switch is returned to its neutral` position and again returned to its automatic position. Y*

The novel features that wer consider characteristic of our invention are set forth with par ticularity in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to its organization and its methods of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will best be understood from the following description ofthe specific embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings'in which,

Fig. 1 is atop plan view of a scale engraving machine constructed in accordance with va preferred embodiment of the present invention,

Fig. 2 is a partial sectional view taken sub'- stantially on lines 2-2 of Fig. 3,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view takensubstantially on lines 3-3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged top vieW, partly in section, of the crank drive for the cutter, and particularly showing the adjustable eccentric for varying the stroke of the cutter,

Fig. 5 is a Vertical sectional View taken substantially on lines 5 5 of Fig. 4,

Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken substantially on lines 6-6 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail showing the manner of adjustably mounting two cutters in the end of the cutter arm,

Fig. 8 is a top plan View of Fig. 'l showing how the vertical position of the cutters can be accurately adjusted to control the depth of the cut made thereby,

Fig. 9 is a section taken substantially on lines 9-9 of Fig. 7,

Figl 10 is a schematic wiring diagram of the motor control circuit of the apparatus,

Fig. 10A is a schematic detail of the manual control switch in the motor circuit, and showing the position that the component switches thereof assume when the control knob thereof is turned tothe automatic or run position,

Fig. 10B is a detail similar to Fig. 10A but with the switch in` its manual position, Fig. 11 is an enlarged partial plan view of the 'master scale used in conjunction with the apparatus, and

Fig. l2 is an enlarged plan view of the type of scale which might be engraved by the apparatus.

Like reference characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the drawings,

The particular embodiment of the present invention disclosed was designed to engrave the .range division and numbers` on the ivory range scale used on a particular type of range nd'er which requires engraving on both sides, and since the two sides are mirror images of each other, opposite sides of twol scales are cut at the same time. Fig. 12 shows a typical type of scale which this apparatus is adapted to engrave and number, although for purposes of clarity the spacings between the individual lineshave been illustrated as equal rather than logarithmic or semi-logarithmic as is actually the case. So far as an understanding of the present invention is concerned, it is primarily of interest that the scale comprises a blank Il), composed of ivory or other suitable material, having lines of three different lengths, L1, L2, and L3 engraved thereon in spaced relation longitudinally of the scale.

To facilitate an understanding of the machine, a brief description of its operation will now be outlined.

There are two main parts to the operation of the machine; first, engraving the lines, and second, stamping the numbers. The lines are drawn in with knives in a completely automatic cycle. There are three different lengths of lines on the scale making it necessary to pass through the cutting cycle three times, once for each length of line. The position of the scanning beam and the. length of the stroke of the cutter is changed ahead of each cycle.

A pair of scale blanks lll are glued into or onto -a platen, side by side, with a given distance, e. g. 5/8, between them. Then the top surface of the :blanks are milled flat and polished with a suitable abrasive.

The platen is screwed down onto a carriage -which travels along lengthwise of the scale on a ball track. This table is driven by a condenserstart, condenser-run induction motor through a reduction gearing and screw thread. The cutters are driven by a second condenser-start, condenser-run induction motor through a reduction gearing, adjustable eccentric, crank, and slide.

These two motors are run with alternating current and dynamically braked with direct current. One motor is always connected to alternating current while the.- other is connected with direct current. Relays are used to transfer the alternating current and direct current supplies back and forth between the two motors. These relays are actuated by a standard photo-electric relay The photo-electric actuation is obtained by scanningV an aluminized glass master scale which is fastened to the side of the carriage. It is engraved with .003 inch Wide slits through the aluminum coating. These are accurately spaced along the length of the glass and are in three rows to correspond to the long, medium, and short lines on the scale. A suitable condenser system projects a beam of light .001i inch wide onto. the aluminum surface of the glass master scale. When it comes to the leading edgev ofv a slit, a light-sensitive cell under the scale receives an impulse of light. This actuatesl an electronic or photo-electric relay, which in turn actuates another relay, throWing-alternating current olf of the carriage driving motor and onto. the cutter driving motor. At the same time, it is throwing the direct current from theA cutter driving motor to the table-drivingvmotor.

This causes the carriage. to stop and the cutter to travel through a single turn of the eccentric cutting a line in each scale blank. A microswitch-isy closed at the end of this time actuating the A. C.-D. C. control relay. This stops the cutter motor and starts the carriage motor. This cycle of events is repeated until all of the lines of one length are cut on the. blank.` Then the lateral position ofi'theA scanning beam is shifted and the stroke of theV cutters. is changed to run through twice more for the. other two lengths of lines desired on the blank. rEhe numbers are then pressed in by running the table manually under a set of `embossed steel roll` stamps.

Referring now tc the. drawings, a specific description of the apparatus designed to carry out the above set forth operation will now be described. Referring toV Figs 1, 2, 3 and 6, the apparatus comprises a stationary bed plate H, which is adapted to rest on. the top of a bench, and on the top of whicharemounted a pair of condenser-start, condenser-run induction motors Mi and Mc, the former causing the feed of the scale blanks and they latter driving the scale cutter. The top of the. hed plateis provided with three grooves running lengthwise thereof, see Fig. 3, the two outside ones i2 forming seats for a plurality of ball bearings I3 held in spaced relation along the grooves by ball retainers i4. The center V-groove t5 accommodates` a feed screw I6 which is journaled on the bed plate and is connected to a reduction gear box I1 of the motor Mf through a pinion and gear combine I8.

A carriage I9 in the form of a plate having grooves in its under'surface. is mounted on the ball-bearings to move along the bed plate, and the under side of this carriage is provided with a groove 20 to accommodate the feed screw i6. As shown in Fig. 6, the carriage is adapted to be releasably connected to the feed screw I6 by means of a semi-circular nut 2| which is connected to one end of the plate by a spring strip 22 which is in turn fastened to the top of the carriage by a bolt 23. The spring strip 22 normally, forcefs'the nut 2l downwardly into engagement with the feed screw, the position shown in Fig. 6, so that the carriage will be slowly .moved along by this screw-'threaded engagement. When it is desired to disengage the carriage from the feed screw it is only necessary to swing the release lever 24 from the position shown in Fig. 6 counterclockwise. As clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 6, this release lever is connected to a rod 25 jour' naled at opposite ends on the bed plate and having its intermediate portion milled away Ato provide a notch N into which the strip 22 is adapted to drop when the nut is `in engagement with the feed screw. Turning the releaselever 24 counterclockwise causes the strip to be moved upon the normal diameter of therod 25 whereupon the'nut is disengaged from the feed screw. This disen gagement is normally affected at the end of eachv travel of the carriage' so that it can be returned to its starting position by hand, as will behereinafter explained. .The two scale blanks l which are to be engraved are mounted on opposite sides of a groove 26 provided in the top of a platen 21. The base of the groove in this platen is finished optically flat and the blanks are located therein with one edge `abutting one wall ofthe groove and with one end flush witha stop 28 located at one end of the platen, see Figs. 1, 3 and 6. Afterthe blanks are properly positioned and cemented on the platen, the top of the blanks are milled offI and polished as above set forth. The loaded platen is then fixed tothe carriage in a given position by a plurality of bolts 30 which pass through holes in the platen and into threaded engagement with tapped openings in the top' of the carriage; This locates the blanks in a given position with relation to the cutter path and a masterV scale so that the displacement of the lines engraved on the blanks `will correspond precisely with those on the master scale both in number and type.

The scale cutters comprise two knives 3l whose cutting edge is sharpened to make a scale mark of the desired width, e. g. .003, in a single cutting stroke. These two knives are individually clamped to a cutter head 32 by a pair of clamping plates 33 so that `their cutting edgesare in alignment. The depth of cut made by the knives can be individually adjusted by screws 34 which arer threaded through the top of the cutter head and bear on the square top end of the knives, see Figs. -9. To aidin adjusting the depthV of cutmade by the knives, and to make them both the same, the tops of the adjusting screws 34 are provided with identical scales 35 which cooperate with in'-4 dex marks 36 on theturned over edge 31 of an` index carrier 38, carried by the cutter head and common to both screws.

The cutter head and knives are adapted to be moved at right angles to the direction of feed of the carrier by a motor driven crank mechanism now to be described. The cutter head has extend-y ing therefrom a slider block 39 which cooperates with a V-grooved slideway 40 mounted on the bed plate, see Fig. 6. This slide and slideway construction insures the cutter head moving Vin a' given direction and being maintained at the proper level above the blanks. The end of the slide block 39 is in the form of a yoke and is pivot- `ally connected at 4I to a turn-buckle 42 into which is threaded a connecting rod 43 which eigtends'into a socket member 44 rotatably mounted on a post 44 eccentrically mounted on an ad'.- justable crank 45 driven by the motor Mc thru asearireductivn box 45 It vwill thus be secuthat.

when the cutter `driving motorY Mc makes one revolution the knives are driven bythe crank mechanism through a single cycle. `If the neutral position of the knives is between the blanks, as it is, see Fig. 3,.then during one cycle of the cutter head one of the knives will make a line on one of the blanks and the other knife will make a line of equal length `on the other blank and in alignment with the line made in the iirst blank by the iirstfknife.. f

So that the crank mechanism can be adjusted to cut lines of three different lengths, the crank is made adjustable as to throw. According to' the present invention this is done by making the crank up of an eccentric m'ale member 41 pinned to the motor-driven shaft 48 and in engagement with a female member 49 in the form of a cup which seats said male member, see Figs. 4 and 5. The, female and male members are connected together by a setscrew 5u in the female member adapted to enter recesses 5| spaced about the periphery of the male member. By turning the female member relative to the male member the: eccentricity of the crankrmechanism can be ad justed to give the stroke desired. In the present instance, since three different lengths of lines are desired, the male member is provided with three notches whichy when alternately located with thel set-screw will give the crank throws desired. The face of the male member is providedA with markings S "M and L designating' short, medium and long lines to be engraved; and the marking for which the crank is adjustedis visible through a hole 52 in the web of the femalevmember so that the operator can be sure for what length of line the crank is adjusted.

To facilitate adjustment of the crank a springretractable pin 53 ,mounted on the bed plate adjacent the crank can be pressed into a hole; 54 in the periphery of the female member to lock the same while the male member is rotated relative thereto by turning the motor by hand by means of hand wheel 55 fixed thereto. The locking pin 53 is held in by a bayonet lock arrangement 56, and is automatically retracted by the spring when released. At the completion of one cycle of the crank 45, or after a line on each scale blank has been engraved, the feed motor Mf must be started despite the fact that the last line on the master scale is still in the light beam of the scanning system, and at the same time alternating current ymustv be cut ofic from the cutter driving motor Mc and direct current applied thereto to dynamically brake the same with: the cutters in their neutral position. This is accomplished by a cam portion 69 on the female member of the crank engaging and operating micro-switch 1B which is located on top of the bed plate beneath said crank.

The feeding movement of the carriage relative to the cutter path is controlled by a master scale and scanning system combination which will now be described. In Fig. 12 a master scale is shown which is used to control the engraving of the blanks mounted on the movable carriage.- This scale comprises a transparent plate 51 having an opaque coating 58 on the top surface which is removed at intervals to provide transparent lines 59 which correspond in spacing to the lines desired on the blanks I0. We have found that a glass plate having an aluminum surface provides a master scale that can be readily made with sharp lines. It will be noticed that this master scale is provided with three series of lines L1,.,Lg' and La' spaced laterallyi from one, another.. 'Iheseries ct lines.; In," arescanned rst to control thecuttingof .theshortt line L1. on the scala then; the; seniesof linesLzf' are scanned to control; the cutting of the medium length lines. L2 and. finally the seriesofilines. La'- areV scanned to control. the. cutting of .the long; lines. La of the scale. As pointed out above, the blanks, are. fed. through the machinev tir cutalli of shortlines Lnandr areretlirne'd tn theirstmrtingz position and again fed throughthe machine to. cut the medium length lines La, and nalli. they are. fed through the-.third tim-etc: out the long lines L3. The stroke off' thecntterheadlsprop erly adjusted between. each. .complete feedingf operation.

Asv clearly shown. in. Figs. -1-3, the masteri scale 5-1 isI clamped onto, inl overhangingrelationto one edge of, the top off the carriagel lgby: an4 l".- shaped clamping` member:k GOL bolt'e'dito` the carriage to move therewith. The master. scale is. denitely located with resirectftotl'ie cuttenpathy and the blank positioning( means so that the. scale engravings will appeanin the-propenloca tion on the blanks. The master scaleis covered: by a plate Blf which.y isbolted alongr oneed'ge to, the toprof a supporting block 62? 'xed on the=top= of the bed' plate llf, thefree edge of this platey lying in a notch 63 in the edge` of they clamping member 'so that'thetop thereof is substantially flush with the top-of said clamping member, see- Fig. 3. The plate 6I' protectsv the master scale against physical damage and prevents--stray'li'ght from passing through the lines4 thereon.

The master scale 5T is adapted' to v*be scanned by a scanningsystem including an exciter lamp` 64 and a suitable condenser system (notshorwn)4 mounted inthereotangularhousing 65-to^project a beam of light .001Y inch Widel through asiltGF in the cover plate GI andl` ontothe master scale; The scanning system also includes a- 'borel Gl through the bed plate H belowthe-slit' 6G in the plate 6| in which there islocated a field l'ens- 68 for directing light passing through 'thescal'e lines on the master scale onto the light-sensitivecell '10. This light cell' 'I0'isconnectedintoithe'l motor control circuit, to` be later described, so that when the cell is dar-k vthe feed motor 'Mi is' energized to cause the carriage and@ scale blanks* thereon to be advanced. Just as soon` as theleading edge of a transparentv line-on the' masten scale comes intov the light beam of the scanning' system, light strikes thelight cell1'10Lwhic`hirr turn causes theA alternating currentto be-'cut off; from the motor Mf andf direct' current to'lbeap plied to the field windings thereof. Thus the carriage driving means is dynamically braked with the line on thev master scale in the' lightI beam, and at the same time the alternating current is applied to the cutterv driving motor Mc to instigate the engravingJ operation off a single line on each of the blanks` IU.

The complete optical system of the-scanningJ system may be any one of several: conventionall types used in sound reproduction or recording systems, e. g. one of those shown-in UE S. Patent` 2,161,368, McLeod', June 6, 1939; so'lthat' it isn'ot deemed necessary to show it in detail1 herein; The exciter lamp` is shieldedx by= aY hood? Tfli which' serves both to direct the light into theoptical system carried in the housing: Giandito-prevent stray light from passing to other parts off4 the apparatus. In order for the scanning system tomost accuratelyfscanlthe master-scaleand renderl the apparatus most responsive, thelight' beamf 8f. mastcnscale. ToA provide foriucl'rfocusingv ad.u j ustment, the; exciter: lamp 64.. its shield: ll. and; the housing; 65-for the optical systemiare mounted on. ablock; 172- which. isY rendered vertically` ali-- instable. by having a: V-slide 1.3 carried' thereby: mounted in a. complementaryv slideway N to: a. bracket 15 adjustablyY` supported; on thevbed plate: lil. adjusting; screwv 16; rotatably mounted .in an arno 'I1 ofi the 'bracket 1E is' im threaded engagement; witmthe slide; 'I3 so that bye rotation .thereof the exciter lamp:l and. the;

projection systemz therefor.' carr he readilyv adjusted.`= toward' andi away from. the master" scale.. Because ofi the position'v of theK lightesensitiva cell iro the. disclosed! design, visual; focusiof. theoptical system'. for proper illuminationY of the master Yscale is somewhat: awkward; However,i focusing can be dones electronically with the: same. on' better accuracy and without disturbing the photo-cell. mounting; This method of focusing will be fully set forth below after-thezmotor-circuit isdescribed' because it involves: theuse of certain partsimakingupa partof said circuit.

To permit lateral adjustment of:V the scanning system for individually scanning thethree dill'er'-A ent; series of lines Elf; L2' andLi on the master. scale, the-supporting bracket 'liincludesfa Vs1ide= block 1`9-which=engagesa slideway' 80=f`1xed to they top ofthe bed plate I l.A Accordingly,.the bracket- 15T. and the scanning' system carried' therebyfis' ad justed laterally of the master scale by turning adjusting screw'8il rotatably-'mounted in a plate 8%, ixed to theedge of the bed plate H and' ex tending th'ereabove, said screw being in threaded? engagementv` with the slide-block, see Figs. 2' and"l 32 The three different' laterali positions of the scanning'systemdesired are indicated by the cooperation between an. index 83' carriedfbyl-a slide block anda scale marked S,"M"and' "Loa1f riedf by the slideway, the designa-tions: S, M"` and L indicating the proper' positionsl of thel scanningV system for scanning the-three dierent series of lines L1", Le' and La" on the'master scale, andI which control the generation of' the short,

medium and long lines desired1 on thev 'nished4 scale; 'It will be appreciated that the length of' the` light beam projeot'ed'-onto the master scale is limited so that it can be selectively directed .through alternate ones ofthe'three'series of lines onthe-mast'er scale without passing through-those of? a laterallyI adjacent series;

After the blanks have beenr fed through one complete feeding operation toont oneseries oflines on theblanks I'll'the end of the carriage I9 simultaneously strikes an adjustable stop 84` on the end of the bed plate lil' andan over-travel switch 85 to open the same: Opening of the switch 85 stops the feed motorMffand' turns out the exciter lamp.A The carriage canlthen beman- Vmy. uallyfreturnedto the'starting point withoutactuating the photoelectric relay and' withy thel feed motorV still dead. Manual' control of' the'- carriagemovement' comprises a rack 86 mounted alongn one edge thereof into: engagementl with which a pinion 81 controlled by a crank 88*can be moved? by sliding the crank and'l pinionl axially. Whenthei apparatus is` set forA automatic operation, thev crank andi pinion are moved to theretracted posi'-l ti'onY shown 'inf Fig. 1i so' that' thev pinion isf disen gagedr from the rack. Whenl` the carriage is re-n tur-ned to'it'sstartingf position the left endoffthe` carriage (referring to Fig; 1`f)` engages-an' adjust'- abl'e st'opi89i Refer-ringnowtoFig. IO'the control' circuit for` must be focused accuratelyy thetop\ ot' the the;prescrit-scale engraving/machine will'- bede scribed. The motor control circuit as a whole is adapted to be connected to a source of alternating current when switch C is closed. With this switch closed, power is adapted to be fed over line |00, through switch '|8, either through line and switch |02 to line |03 and thence through the coil of relay S and'backto the main return line |04 through line H9 or through line |05 to the pull-up coil W of a latchng relay and back to return line |04, depending upon the position of switches 'I8 and |02.

Power is also ad-apted to be fed over lines |06 and |01 to the lament transformer AB and to the return line |04. This filament transformer AB provides a part of a rectifying system which is used to supply direct current power for dynamically braking the respective motors in turn, although it will be appreciated that any suitable separate source of direct current supply could be provided for this purpose asV desired. The rectifying system shown includes two full-wave, mercury-vapor rectifier tubes V (type 83 tubes) whose laments are connected in parallel to the centertapped secondary of the iilament transformer AB. While each of these tubes is normally a full wave rectifier, it will be noticed that the two plates of each rectifier tube are connected together through the variable resistance R to the same terminal of the plate transformer U which is shown as an auto transformer. Each tube Vis thus used as a half-wave rectifier in a full-wave system. This 'arrangement is used to obtain the required current capacity for the dynamic braking circuit without exceeding a reasonable loadfor the type 83 tubes. Variable reslstances R are connected in series with each plate so that the current distribution between the plates of the respective tubes can be equalized.

Power is adapted to be supplied to the plate transformer U of the rectifyingsystem 4thru feed lines |00, |08, |09, ||0, and controlled by the component switch Gi of the main two-way lever composite switch G, switch F2 of relay F and cornponent switch G2 of switch G. The current passing through the plate transformer passes to the main return line |04 throughline ||2.- The two-way lever switch G includes three separate component switches G1, G2 and G3 which are con,- trolled by a control knob J having three diierent positions; and the switch as a whole vis indicated by a dotted line box in Fig. as enclosing these three component switches. When the knob J of switch G is in neutral position, shown in Fig. l0, the three switches G1, G2 and Go assume the positions shown in Fig. l0. When the control knob J is turned counter-clockwise to its "automatic or run position, the three switches.G1, G2 and G3 assume the positions shown in Fig. 10A. When the control knob J is turned clockwise from its neutral position to its so-called "manual position, switches G1, G2 and Gsassume the positions shown in Fig. 10B. Power is fed to the transformer K of the exciter lamp 64 through feed lines |00, H3, ||4 and H5 which, respectively, include componenty switch G3 of switch G which is normally in the position shown in Fig. 10, and switch F3 of relay F. The current passing over these lines passes through the 'primary of transformer K to the main return line |04 through line HE.

Power is also fed over lines |06 and to the latch release coil W of the latching' relay and then to the main return line |04 through line Ill. This feed-is controlled bya photoelectric relay E. Power is also fed over lines |05, H8, and |03 to the coil of relay S, returning to the main return line |04 by way of line I9. This feed line is also controlled by photoelectric relay E. The photoelectric relay E is of a standard type 0btainable from General Electric under the designation CR7505-N-G2 115 V. 60 cycle, and need not be speciiically disclosed except to say that it includes a double-pole switch which is opened when the relay coil is energized upon current passing to the relay through lines |20 and |20 when photo-cell i0 is illuminated. When the cell is dark, the relay is opened and the current can pass over lines and ||8 to the latch release coil W of the latching relay and to the coil of relay S.

Power is also fed to switch S1 of relay S through feed lines |00, |08, |00, and |2| controlled by the component switch G1 -of switch G and by switch F2 or rel-ay F. When the relay S is opened, the position shown in Fig. 1, then alternating current is able to pass through line |23, through winding Fc of motor Mc and, thence through lines |24, |25, |28 and H6 to the main return line Alternating current is yalso able to pass through line |23 and branch |26 through winding FG of motor Mc and thence through lines |35, and |21 to condenser C1. This circuit is completed to the main return line |04 through lines |28 and i6. Since alternating current is capable of passing through both windings of the condenser-start7 condenser-run motor Mc this motor will drive to operate the cutter. 1

At the same time alternating current is applied to the cutter driving motor Mc by virtue of relay S being open, it will be seen that direct current from the rectifying'system is fed through line |29, the switch S2 of the relay S and line |30 to winding Ff of feed motor Mr. After passing through winding Ff' and branch |3| the current has to pass through winding Ff and by lines |32, |25, |28, `and ||6 to the 4main return line |04, because line |33 is open at switch Si of relay S. Line |04 is also the return line for the direct curlrent supply by virtue of line ||2 to the center tapr of auto transformer V and thus direct current is put through both of the windings of feed motor Mr and the feeding mechanism is dynamically braked.

If the relay S is energized, alternating current will pass through line |33 to the winding Ff of motor Mr and thence through lines |32, |25, 28, and I6 to the main return line |04. At the same time it will pass through branch 3|, the second winding Ff', line |30, condenser C2 and lines'v |34, |28, and ||6 to the main return line |04 so that the condenser-start, condenser-run feed motor will now be driven. Inasmuch as relay Sis closed, then direct current is fed through lines |29, |35,

vthe winding Fc' of motor Mc branch |26, winding Fc and lines |24, |25, |28, and ||6 to main return line |04, because line |23 is open at switch lS1 of relay VS. Accordingly, direct current -will be applied to the winding ofthe cutter driving motor Mc and the cutter mechanism will be dy namically braked. y

Now that several possible paths of current to the different parts of the circuit and their control by the relays have been specifically set forth, a complete cycle of operation of the circuit can be readily understood. In Fig. 10 the parts of the circuit are in the position they normally assume when the cutter has just iinished a cutting -The rst step is toclose thermain switch C.

annexes l 1 This allows .current lto ow through line .100, 1:?08, :switch fGi, andline .140 to energize 'and .close relay -F .and return Ato the mainline by way of main re.- turn =line |04. The closngo'f A'relay F allows current to spass to thecoil Vthereof through lines .100, f1 mover-travel switch 85,2-line 142, andswitch F1 of relay F to the coil .of the relay F. At thesame ftime,.current passes through llines 100, H3, switch G3, line H4, switch F3 of relay F to .the primary fof transformer K and thence through line `111i back -to the main return line |04. Thusenergized, A.transformer K operates the exciter lamp .64. Also .at .the same time, Acurrent passes Athrough lines 120E and |01, through the primary of transformer AB andibackto the mainreturnline |04. Thusenere gized :transformer A'B heats .the iilaments of the tubes fin .the rectifler system. Also at the `same time, .current vpasses .through lines 5106, |05' :and through the photoelectric lrelay and back tothe ana-in return line 04. The photoelectric relay unit 'is thus energized. Also at Athe same time, fsince the photoelectric -cell is dark. current will :Dass through line |106 .and 4photo-electric*relay E `toboth'lines .|511 and II'B. Current passes through lines :|18 and |03 :and thence through the coil o -relay S .and :back :to the `main return I'line 10# -through line H9. This current closes relay S. Current .passes through line vI I 1 through thelatch -release coil W' ofthe latching relay and thence hacktoithe main'return line |04 through line 11.1".. Thus energized the latch release coil W' actuates and mechanically :releases the armature of fthe pull-up coil W. fthe armature is not .already :away from coil Witwill now drop hack and open :switch :|02 Asince pull-up coil W ispnot `energized :because switch "18 is being held in a `position to fopen line |05 by the cam V|59 Ion the crank of the cutter drive.

.After Ithe tubes in the rectier system and in the photoelectric relay have warmed up, the `apnaratus is ready ito start an 'engraving operation, -itgbeing assumed that the `scanning system and the .stroke of the crank .of the cutter motor have been vcorrespondingly adjusted for v,engraving a Aseries of lines of thesame ilength. Now the knob J :or 'switch :.Gis manually turned `from the vneutral position shown in Fig. to the automa-tic position shown :in Fig. 10A. This reverses the `,position of switch G1 and closes switch G2 .(form- .ing part of switch G) so that now current fea-n f pass through line 109,'switch F2 -.of relay F, line 4.21 .and switch Si -of relay Sto the feed motor Mr. which starts feeding the sca-le blank. The `closing of switch G2 permits alternating current tn flow through lines .1&1 0 and |.l1 to fthe plate transformer U se that the rectifier system starts supplyingidirect current which is supplied vin the windings .of the cutter driving motor Me .because the rela-y S is closed. When switch -G zis thus opera-.ted current to relay F .through switch G1 is L*cut o. Relay F remains closed by virtue lof the ,current .flowing through lines |00, H4, overtravel ,switch 85, line |42, switch vF1 of ,relay F, vthe coil of relay F and back to the main return -l-i-ne .|04

This condition will remain until the =carriage has been fed -by a suflicient amount to lbring the rst transparent line on the master scale into the light beamof the scanning system. Im mediately that the leading 'edge .of the first line .on the master scale passes Vinto the light beam,

sufficient light will fall on the photo cell 10 to close `the photo-electric Arelay E. This will cause de-energization of relay S so that the switches thereof will snap to the normal 'position shown fromthe 'feed motor Mf and will be applied tothe -cutter1drivingmotor Me. At the same time the .direct current will be transferred from the lwind- 'i-ngs of motor Mc .to the windings of feed `motor Mf to dynamically brake the carriage feeding mechanism. The opening of line ||1 by relay E :de-energizes the latch release coil W allowing its farmature to snap up into a latching position. ,AS the cutter motor drives far enough to remove the cam V|39 yon crank Y45 from switch 'I8 current is allowed to ow through line |00, switch 18, line 105, 'pull-up co'ilW'and thence back to the Amain Ereturn line 1104. Thus energized the pull-up coil 'Wof 'the latch Arelay closes switch 102, 'and conmeets line |03 Afrom relay coil S 'through switch `|02 to line-|01 and thence to switch 1B. Since switch 18 rfis now open to line 10| relay S'remains repen. At 'the'same time vthe ylatch on the armafture Aof'relay coil W is Vfree to drop back and Yloci: -the 'armature rof relay coil W in the pulled-up position since relay coil W' is not energized.

'The cutter motor Mc now ,continues to drive yuntil `the vcrank 45 has made one revolution and .a line on each scale blank has been cut, then :cam 6,9 on 'crank 45 restores switch "I8 to the .position shown in Fig. 10 and causes Athe relay S to be .energized'through line |00, switch 7'8, line 10|, switch -102 of the latching relay, and line 103.' Relay lS transposes the power supplies on the motor VMf and 'Mc so that the feed motor is lagain energized by alternating current to drive, Iand the cutter motor is dynamically braked by direct current in its held windings despite the 'fact that fthe line on the master scale is still in the light beam. The switch |02 cannot open iwhen pull-up coil 'W is de-energized because it lwas latchedclosed by the armature of latching coil W. Just as soon as the carriage 'has been fed far enough to remove the previously used line :on :the master 'scale from the light beam, the photo-cell goes dark and the photo-electric relay -E opens so that the relay Sis again energized through lineV |18 while latch-release coil W' is energized Vthrough line I1 to release the arma- 'iture ofthe :pull-up coil W and allow switch |02 @to fopen. The circuit is thus reset for a new engraving sequence when the 'next line on the master scale comes into position in the light beam of the vscanning system, at which time the set-forth procedure is repeated.

When the last line on the master scale has been moved past the scanning beam, the feed -motor 'Mf will continue to drive the carriage -until the over-travel switch is engaged and opened thereby. Actuation of switch 85 will cle-energize relay F, stopping the feed motor, turning oif the autotransformer U of the rectier system and `turning out the exciter lamp B4. The carriage can then be manually returned to the starting point by means of crank 88 without actuating the p hoto-electric relay E, and with the feed motor Mfstill dead. When ready to start the machine ,en a new setof lines, or on a new scale, the control knobJ .of switch G is returned to the neutral position Vfora moment and is then thrown back tothe automatic or run position. Itis nec- .essary to return theknOb J of switch G to its neutral position in order to again start the machine because this will initially energize the re- Jay Fstarting .the exciter lamp and preparing the .circuits to feed power to the auto-transformer U .of the rectifier. system vwhen knob J is again lturned back -to theautomatic or run posiinEig. 11.0 and :alternating current willbe c ut off 75 tien. With switch G in automatic posirri3 tion,'the `entire cycle of yoperation will be the same as before. e, Y

' If it is found desirable or necessary for setting up and testing purposes to feed the master scale along with the exciter lamp off, this can be done by turning the knob J of switch G clockwise from its neutral position to a manual position, see Fig. B. This will cause switch G3 `to bereversed so that current can pass through lines |00, II3, |50, |09, switch F2 of relay F, line I2I and switch S1 of relay S to the windings of the feed motor Mf. In case of power failure toy this machine, relay F will open and the instrument will not startengraving again until 'the control knob J of switch G has been returned to the neutral position, The relay F also protects the rectifier tubes against receiving plate voltage immediately when the power comes on again. The instrument is -quite foolproof if the tubes are allowed to warm up each time the'power is turned on before the control knob J of switch G is manipulated.

To prevent any chance of the feed motor tending to advance the scale while the cutters are in any position other than a neutral position, the following safety feature has been added to the circuit. The conventional photo-electric relay Eas supplied is provided with two contacts D and D which when short circuited will cause the relay to be closed or energized despite the signal coming from the photo-cell 19. Accordingly, these contacts D and D of the photoelectric relay are connected by lines ISI and |52 into a third switch S3 of relay S so thatthey will be short-circuited when the relay S is opened or at all times that the cutter driving motor vis driving, The only condition which we have encountered Where the feed motor tends to drive While the cutters are still in a cutting position is where during the cutting stroke there is an obstruction encountered in the material of the blank by the cutter which sets up a wedging action tending to move the carriage along as the cutter is making its cutting stroke. If the longitudinal shift so caused is suiiicient, the line on the master scale will be removed from the light beam and the photo-cell upon going dark will allow the photo-electric relay E to open, whereupon relay S will be energized to switch the alternating current supply from the cutter motor Me to the feed motor Mf. This condition is encountered very, very rarely.

Now that the motor circuit and its operation has been described, the method of focusing the optical part of the scanning system can be understood. To so focus the scanning system, the leads of a vacuum tube volt meter (such as the RCA Volt Ohmyst Jr.) are connected between line and the ground terminal of the General Electric photo-electric relay panel. With the eX- citer lamp off (control knob J of switch G held in the manual position) the sensitivity control of the photo-electric relay panel is adjusted for a zero reading on the vacuum vcltmeter. Switch G is then restored to the neutral position, and theshaft of the feed motor is rotated by hand until a line on the master scale comes beneath the scanning system. At this point, some indication will be obtained on the volt meter. The procedure consists of adjusting the focusy of the` optical system while moving the master scale back and forth by means of the feed motor shaft until the focus adjustment is found which will produce the maximum reading on the volt meter as a line on thexmaster scale is moved ythrough the beam of light. f

= After the scales have been cut on the scale blanks, and the vcarriageis returned to its starting'position on the bed plate, ak stamping roll mechanism geared to the rack 86 on the carriage is dropped down into yembossing position relative to the scale blanks on the carriage, and then the carriage ismanually fed along the bed kby use of the crank 88 to roll the members onto the scale blanks. Referring to Figs. 2 and 3, this numbering mechanism includes a bearing block 99xed to the bed I I by bolts 9| to one side of the carriage I9. Rotatably mounted in the bearing block 9i!y is a shaft 92 having bearing portions 93 engaging rthe bearing block and including bearing portions 94 extending beyond the block 9D and on which a spacer member |94 is rotatably mounted. Clamped in spaced rela-L tion on this spacer member |94 are a pair of steel number stamping rolls 95 and a gear ring 9E, the parts being held in assembled relation on the spacer by the vheads of a plurality of bolts 91. The gear ring 96 is in engagement with the rack 86 o'n" the carriage at all times so that as the carriage is advanced the numbering rolls are rotated. The numbering rolls are initially positioned in such relation to the starting position of the carriage that the numberswill be stamped opposite the proper scale lines engraved on the blanks as the carriage is advanced.

There is a slight eccentricity between the bearing portions 93 and 94 of the shaft 92 so that by rotating the shaft relative to the bearing block the stamping rolls can be moved between an embossing position and an inoperative position relative to the blanks mounted on the carriage. This eccentricity is less than the depth of the tooth engagement between gear ring and the rack 86 so that even when the stamping rolls are raised to their inoperative positions they remain geared to the rack so that the index relation between'the same and the scale lines cut in the blank will not be lost. For raising and lowering the stamping rolls, a knurled knob 99, which is keyed to the end of the shaft 92, is` rotated between two positions indicated by two marks signifying "up and down on the periphery of the knob which cooperate with a stationary pointer 98' fixed to the top of the bearing block. These marks on the knob 98 will preferably be degrees apart so that only the one signifying up can be seen in Fig. 1. To facilitate adjustment of knob 98, a knurled clamping screw 99 threaded into the end of shaft 92 is rst loosened, and after adjustment, this screw is again tightened to pull the knob 98 against the end of the bearing block 90 to lock the same adjusted position. The numbering rolls are preferably covered by a hood 99 to protect the same from physical damage.

It will thus be seen that when the scale has been completely engraved and is ready to be numbered the half-nut 2| is first raised by swinging lever 24 counter-clockwise and the table is moved to itsV starting position by means of crank 88. Then clamping screw 99 is loosened and knob 98 is turned until the mark down on its periphery is opposite the pointer 9B. This means that the stamping rolls have been dropped to their embossing position. Then clamping screw 99 is tightened and the carriage is fed along by means of crank 38 whereupon the num-- bering mechanism'will be driven by engagement between the rack'86 and gear ring 96 so as to assegnata 15 simultaneously roll the .numbersy into the two scale blanks Il) on the carriage.

While we prefer to .emboss the numbers on the blanks .after the .engraving ythereof has been entirely completed, it will be readily understood that the numbering mechanism could be dropped down at any Jtime so that the numbers could be stamped on the scale blanks during any one of the .trips of the carriage along the bed during the engraving operation of any one of the series of lines.

Itis believed that from the 4above description it will be understood that we have providedv a scale engraving machine which is automatic and substantiallygfoolproof in operation. Despite the fact .that no particular rigid tolerances are required -on the mechanical parts of the apparatus, with the lexception vof the fabrication of the master scale, of course, we have found in commercial operation that exceedingly accurate results can be obtained in a substantially rapid manner. By use of the dynamic braking feature for the respective carriage and cutter drives it has -been found that a maximum indexing error of .00007 inch is encounterable, andthe indexing of this machine -is found to be so good 'that no spreading of the scale lines could be detected when running the -scale through the engraving operation a second time. The machine is capable of cutting a scale .having any form of spacing between the lines, regular or irregular, and the fineness of the yscale which can be engraved is beam used. We have found that two complete scales, about V8 inches long and including lines of fthree different lengths, can be engraved and numbered in about twenty-seven minutes. This means approximately nine minutes for each .trip of the carriage through the machine during the automatic engraving operation.

Although we have show-n and described lcertain specific embodiments of -our invention, we are fully aware that many modiiications thereof are possible. For example, the two motors could be direct-current motors of the shunt type connected to the power source in such a way that when switches S1 and S2 of relay S were in one position the current would Aflow through the eld and armature -of one motor in the normal way to drive the motor while the eld of the other motor would remain energized and its armature would be short circuited, and this vrelationship would be reversed Aby energization of relay S; This short circuiting of the motor armatures would provide a dynamic braking action on the drives as inthe arrangement described. Our invention, therefore, is not to be limited to the vprecise details and construction shown and described but is intended to cover all modifications coming within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim .is new and desire to secure -by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a machine .of the type described thecombination of a movable worksupporting table.; .4

netting-current motor for driving said tool; a

source of alternating current; a source of direct current; means for simultaneously applying the alternating current tothe windings of one of said motors to run .the .same and -applyingthe direct 'Cil dynamically ibrake .the .drive .connected thereto; and means for automatically reversing the fourrent applications iso-.said ,respective motors in response to given increments of travel Vof said table and/ or tool.

2. Amachineaccording-to claim 1 'in'whichthe last mentioned means includes a relay; and a light sensitive cell controlling the operation of said relay.

3. AA machine according to claim 1 in which the last mentioned means includes a relay; two separate energizing lcircuits for said relay, one associated-with ,the :feed vvof the table and the other associated with the travel of the tool; a light sensitive cell vcontrolling yone of said circuits; and a `cam 4operated switch controlling the other of said circuits.

4. In anengraving machine of the type described the combina-tion -of a movable table on which a blank to be engraved Ywith a given scale is mounted; means'including an electric motor for feeding said table lengthwise of the scale; an engraving tool; means for moving said tool transversely 4of the 'blank to individually cut the Vscale lines therein 4when the blank is stationary; means including an electric motor -for driving said tool through a cutting stroke; means Vfor automatically alternately starting and stopping the table feeding motor to position said table relative to the path of said tool to give the desired spacing to the scale lines; Yand means for automatically alternately starting and Ystopping the tool driving motor to individually cut the scale lines; said last two means being inter-connected so that the tool driving motor starts .after the table feeding motor stops and the blank is stationary and stops after making a single stroke and the table feeding motor starts as the tool .driving motor stops.

5. An engraving machine according to claim 4 wherein said .motors are lalternating-current motors and which includes asourceof direct current power as well Yas a source of alternating cur rent .power for driving the motors, and means `for connecting the eld windings of the motors to .the direct current source the instant lthey Vare cut-.off .of the .alternatingcurrent source, whereby ainagnetic brake is .applied to the rotors of the motors to prevent the drive vassociated therewith from coasting.

.6. An engraving machine Yaccording to claim 4 including a master scale xed to the table in a given relation to the blank Vmounted thereon and movable therewith; and means for monitoring 'said master scale to indicate when the table has been fed suiciently relative to the path of the tool to cut a line in the lank corresponding in location to one on the master scale; and means operated by said monitoring system for cutting alternating current from said table feeding motor and applying it to said tool driving motor.

7. An engraving machine according to claim 4 including a master scale xed to the table in a givenrelation to the 'blank mounted thereon, said 'master scale .comprising an opaque plate having a plurality of transparent lines spaced there along .and .corresponding to the spacing `between the lines desired on the scale; a scanning system for scanning Lsaid master scale, and including means vfor projecting a line of light onto said scale, and .a light sensitive cell on the other vside of said scale; and meansaotuated by said vlight cell for stopping and braking said ,table feed motor and .start-ingsaidtool driving motor. l

8. v-In a scale engravingrmaehine the combinacurrent to the windings of the other motor to .75 tion with a support; la movable table on which a blank to be engraved is adapted to ybe mounted; lmeans for moving said table in a direction to feed 4said blank lengthwise and including an electric motor; a reciprocal engraving tool on said support; means for reciprocating said tool over a lsystem on said support in deiinite relation to the `path of said tool and arranged to scan said master scale as it moves along; said system including a light source, means for projecting an image of said source onto said master scale7 and a light sensitive cell on the opposite side of said scale with respect to said light source; an input circuit for said motor and light source including a manual switch movable between a run and a rest position; a relay in said circuit for connecting said motor to the input when energized; a control circuit for said relay, including said light cell which causes said relay to be de-energized when ,ai scale on the master scale is in the scanning system; means operated by the completion of the engraving stroke of said tool for momentarily energizing said relay independent of said light cell control to cause the table to be fed suiiiciently to remove the line on the master scale from the scanning system; and means actuated by the table reaching the end of its feed travel for automatically cutting the input off of said light source and motor until said manual switch is returned to its rest position and again moved to its run position, whereby said table can be rapidly returned to its start position without causing the control supervised by said scanning system to actuate.

9. An engraving machine according to claim 8, and including a second motor for driving said engraving tool; said relay adapted to control the connection of said second motor to the input and arranged so that when said relay is energized the second motor is cut oi and when the relay is cie-energized the second motor is connected to the input, and means for braking each of said motor drives the instant the current is cut off thereof to prevent the same from overtraveling beyond a selected position.

10. An engraving machine according to claim 8 in which said motor is an alternating-current motor and including a second alternating-current motor` for driving said engraving tool; a directcurrent power supply as well as an alternatingcurrent power supply; said relay when energized adapted to connect the first motor with the alternating-current power supply and the second motor with the direct-current power supply and vice versa when it is de-energized, whereby one motor is automatically braked the instant the other starts ruiming to prevent the blank from being fed while the tool is engraving a line and to eliminate overtravel of the motor driven parts beyond a selected position.

11. In a scale engraving machine for engraving a scale having lines of diierent length, the combination with a table on which a blank is adapted to be mounted; means for feeding said table in one direction to move said blank lengthwise; an engraving tool; means for reciprocating said tool over a given path transversely of said blank; means for automatically starting said table-feeding means to feed said table and stopping the same' after it hasoperated sufficiently to feed the blank relative to said Vtool path by an amount equal to the spacing desired between any two lines on the scale; said last-mentioned means including a motor connected to said table; a switch for starting and stopping'said motor; a master scale iixed on said table to move therewith, and including two separate-groups of lines each corresponding to lines of a given length which are to be engraved on said blank; a scanning system including a, light-sensitive cell for scanning said master scale with a light beam; and means actuated by a change in light on said cell due to passage of a line on said master scale beneath said scanning system for stopping said'motor so that another line can be out on the blank; and means for indexing said scanningV` system over said master scale from one group of lines to another, whereby all lines of a given length are engraved on the blank in one complete feeding operation of the table, and all lines -of a Vdifferent length are engraved in a subsequent complete feeding operation ofthe table. y

12. In a scale engraving machine for engraving a scale having lines of Adifferent length, the combination with a table on which -a blank is adapted to be mounted; ,meansvfor feeding said table in one direction to move said blank lengthwise; an engraving tool; means for reciprocating said tool over a given path transversely of said blank; means for automatically starting said table-feeding means to feed said table and stopping the same after it has operated sufliciently to feed the blank relative to said tool path by an amount equal to the spacing desired between any two lines on the scale; said last-mentioned means including an alternating-current motor; a direct current source of power, as well as an alternating current source of power; a iirst motor circuit for connecting the alternating current source of power to the field winding of said motor for running the same; a second motor circuit for connecting the direct current source of power to the eld winding of said motor to magnetically brake the same; a switch for starting and stopping said motor and arranged to connect the direct current source of power to the motor when it is moved to disconnect the alternating current source of power therefrom; a master scale iiXed to said table to move therewith; a scanning system including a light-sensitive cell for scanning said master scale with a light beam; and means actuated by a change in light on said cell due to passage of a line on said master scale beneath said scanning system for stopping said motor so that another line can be cut on the blank.

13. In a scale engraving machine for engraving a scale having lines of different length` the combination with a table on which a blank is adapted to be mounted; means for feeding said table in one direction to move said blank lengthwise, and including a iirst motor; an engraving tool; means for reciprocating said tool over a given path transversely of said blank and including a second motor; means for automatically starting said table feeding means and stopping the same after it has operated sufficiently to feed the blank relative to said tool path by an amount equal to the spacing desired between any two lines on the scale, and including a switch for starting and stopping said first motor; a master scale fixed to said table to move therewith; a scanning system including a light-sensitive cell for scanning said master scale with a light beam; and means actuated by a change in light on said cell due' to passage of a line on said 'master scale beneath said scanning system for stopping said motor so that another line can be cut on the blank; said switch arranged to stop and start said second motor in inverse relation to said first motor; and a second normally-opened switch adapted to be momentarily closed by a cam associated with the drive shaft of said tool for causing said rst switch to be thrown to a position to start said table feed motor and stop said tool drive motor and to maintain this condition of control until the feed table is moved suciently to remove a line on the master scale from the scanning system.

14. In a scale engraving machine for engraving a scale having lines of diierent length, the combination with a table on which a blank is adapted to be mounted; means for feeding said table in one direction to move said blank lengthwise, and including a rst motor; an engraving tool; means for reciprocating said tool over a given path transversely of said blank and including a second motor; a crank connected to said tool and driven by said motor; means for adjusting the throw of said crank to cut lines of different length on said blank; means for automatically starting said table feeding means and stopping the same after it has operated sumciently to feed the blank relative to said tool path by an amount equal to the spacing desired between any two lines on the scale, and including a switch for starting and stopping said first motor; a master scale xed to said table to move therewith; a scanning system including a light-sensitive cell for scanning said master scale with a light beam; and means actuated by a change in light on said cell due to passage of a line on said master scale beneath said scanning system for stopping said motor so that another line can be cut on the blank; said switch arranged to stop and start said second rnotor in inverse relation to said rst motor.

CHARLES W. CLUTZ.

EARLE A. YOUNG.

REFERENCES CITED v The following references are of record in the me of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 41,742 Jones Feb. 23, 1864 121,420 Reynolds Nov. 28, 1871 2,169,308 Wagner et al Aug. 15, 1939 Certificate of Correction Patent No. 2,496,936 February 7, 1950 CHARLES W. CLUTZ ET AL.

It is hereby certied that err ors appear in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows:

Column 11, line 62, for lines 100, 114 read lines 100, 113; column 15, line 51, for the Words remain energized read be cut of;

and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oiice.

Signed and sealed this 23rd day of May, A. D. 1950.

THOMAS F. MURPHY,

Assistant Commissioner of Patents.

. Certificate of Correction Patent No. 2,496,936

February 7, 1950 CHARLES W. CLUTZ ET AL.

It is hereby certified that errors appear in the printed specication of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows:

Column 11, line 62, for lines 100, 114 read lines 100, 113; column 15, line 51, for the Words remain energized read be cut of; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conf orm to the record of the ease in the Patent Office. Signed and sealed this 23rd day of May, A. D. 1950.

THOMAS F. MURPHY,

Assistant Uommissz'oner of Patents. 

